Regional limitations of the development of traditional Wushu

Wushu is a cultural form and must be branded with regional culture. Wushu is basically a pure form of folk culture, and its vitality is deeply hidden in the lower classes of society, so its regional characteristics are the strongest. It retains its primitive and simple style and is hardly influenced by any foreign culture (probably the only exception is the introduction of Buddhism in the Han Dynasty). All martial arts schools in China are based on and bred from regional culture.

In the long historical development process, China Wushu has formed seven regional boxing departments on the basis of regional culture. In each big boxing system, centering on a certain boxing method, several self-contained boxing schools are derived. These seven boxing systems are:

1. Shaolin boxing, based on Central Plains culture, centered on Henan, Shandong and Hebei provinces in the lower reaches of the Yellow River;

Second, wudang boxing school based on Jingchu culture and centered on Hubei, Jiangsu and Sichuan;

3. Emei Boxing Department, based on Bashu culture and centered on Sichuan;

4. Nanquan Department, based on Minnan culture and Lingnan culture, with Fujian and Guangdong as the center;

5. Xingyiquan system, based on Sanjin culture, Yanzhao culture and Central Plains culture, centered on Shanxi, Hebei and Henan;

6. Taiji Chuanpai, based on Central Plains culture and centered on Henan and Beijing;

Seven, based on the culture of Beijing school, with Beijing as the center.

Among them, Shaolin, Wudang and Emei are all based on famous mountains, famous temples and Taoist temples, which formed earlier, while Xingyiquan, Taiji and Bagua formed later and were first popular in the north. People are used to calling Wudang, Xingyiquan, Taiji and Bagua Boxing four kinds of boxing handed down from family. In China, northern Wushu is the main form, but in the global form, Wing Chun, a southern boxing, is the most widely spread. Now some special police and special forces in Europe and America take Wing Chun as a compulsory course.